I do ok, I also don't have any kids (yet). I've struggled with my weight my entire life so now that I'm getting into better shape I'm starting to want to dress better and if I'm going to have to spend the money anyway (because of my body size) I might as well buy quality clothing. Besides, I'm still going to be wearing the same $20 Stafford JC Penney dress shirts and $20 CostCo ties, I'll just have better suits and shoes.

I do ok, I also don't have any kids (yet). I've struggled with my weight my entire life so now that I'm getting into better shape I'm starting to want to dress better and if I'm going to have to spend the money anyway (because of my body size) I might as well buy quality clothing. Besides, I'm still going to be wearing the same $20 Stafford JC Penney dress shirts and $20 CostCo ties, I'll just have better suits and shoes.

If you're going to splurge, hold off on the purple label and get a hickey freeman dress shirt

If you're going to splurge, hold off on the purple label and get a hickey freeman dress shirt

No way, I'm not even joking when I say this, but the $20 JC Penney Stafford shirts fit great. That I'm still carrying an extra 150lbs invalidates how they look, but the fit is great. From a quick perusal, Hickey Freeman has some very nice jackets.

Cynical Chief says everyone looks the same in a monkeysuit anyway, so why worry if somebody else got their monkeysuit from the same store?

Nordstrom Rack has good stuff at more reasonable prices. Also, Marshalls. They have Calvin Klein suits (not their top shelf stuff, though). Also Amazon has Kenneth Cole suit separates for like $180 for the pair, and they have free returns. Also Kenneth Cole outlets.

It's all about the quality of leather, really. I'm going to see how well these Cole Haans hold up to daily wear.

I do ok, I also don't have any kids (yet). I've struggled with my weight my entire life so now that I'm getting into better shape I'm starting to want to dress better and if I'm going to have to spend the money anyway (because of my body size) I might as well buy quality clothing. Besides, I'm still going to be wearing the same $20 Stafford JC Penney dress shirts and $20 CostCo ties, I'll just have better suits and shoes.

Dude the $20 Costco ties are Italian silk and they have decent dress shirts in good colors.

I know, I never said they were bad, I said that I wore them. It's too bad they don't have any in orange or lime green. The dress shirts there are pretty nice but in limited sizes.

The problem with Marshalls is that the quality isn't that great and a lot of the clothing is lower end clothes with "leased" designer tags. Nordstrom Rack is great for accessories.

I'm telling you not to sell yourself short on the ties, sheesh

Paul Frederick shirts are what my brothers-in-law and father-in-law swear by. I brought home an ad from USAir magazine, I'll post the discount code if I find it. The amount of truth to the claims of non-ironness are key in shirts.